… This evergreen vine is native to Madagascar and grows up to 12 feet high with bright, indirect indoor light and dry moisture conditions. In midspring it …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial needs full sun to partial shade and dry soil conditions to reach a height of 3 feet. It has white and green blooms in July and August and is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming perennial grows to a height of 2 feet with partial shade to full shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms with white to pink inner sepals from May to June. It is a ground cover or an understory. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial native to the Midwest grows to a height of 3 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms that attract butterflies from July through October. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… know you can grow kiwis right in your own back yard? The fruit of 'Ken's Red' hardy kiwi vine is a cousin of the familiar grocery store kiwis. The berries have the same sweet-and-citrus … berries are red, so they even look like grapes. There's more good news. 'Ken's Red' is hardy to -25, so you can be confident Chicago winters won't faze it. Despite the name, 'Ken's Red' is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… plants from Africa, southwestern Asia, and Madagascar, Yemen tree aloe ( Aloe sabaea ) is among 400 species in the genus. The name “aloe” derives from the Greek word, which comes from … appear on tall upright inflorescences in open conical racemes on a plant that can reach 8 to 12 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. This plant was described and named by German botanist and ethnologist Georg …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… pagoda dogwood gets its common name because its distinctive horizontal branching habit appears to belong in a Japanese garden, though it is a native species. Its scientific name Cornus alternifolia indicates that its leaves alternate … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… June is the month of total abundance in the rose garden, even if your garden contains only one rose. … this is the month they all come into bloom. Some might say it is a cruel twist of floral fate to have all this excess in one month. For the gardener who possesses heirloom roses that bloom … of their June flowers. The allure of roses is a universal one — and certainly not restricted to gardeners alone! This queen of flowers has played a major role in poetry, religion, art, and …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: This black-headed gull species is likely to be seen flying over the Garden in small flocks. …
Type: Birding
… This evergreen conifer needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 5 feet. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
